REVEALED: Facebook CEO Responds to Board Member’s Support of Donald Trump

The headline buried just a few paragraphs in.

Another FR facebook thread about employees wanting to censor Trump

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3483292/posts

I personally dislike Facebook and Twitter -- feeling that they hold so much sway with public opinion that they should have their intellectual property rescinded.

It looks like somebody is hedging their bets.

I was researching a Hillary rally and perused through her schedule. She has many events. She just doesn't attend so they get very little media attention. Mainly it's just Bill, Chelsea, a Hollywood B lister starlet, Kaine, or another Hillary picked party apparatchik.

The hardest thing to find where actually video archive of her live appearances.

They're on hairs edge and can't have her out there all cross eyed and wobbly kneed.

It’s hard to move a mobile hospital to everyone of her sparsely attended rallies.

Maybe the ZuckerKid doesn’t want people to make fun of his wall building.

Zuckerberg family sponsored Russian Jews families to migrate and settle in USA. One family is my friend.

Silicon Valley billionaire and Facebook board member Peter Thiel has been widely criticized for his support of the Republican nominee, Donald Trump.

Thiel officially announced his support in July during the GOP National Convention. He presented a speech during the event, calling Trump a “builder,” ready to put America back on track.

Then, just last week, Thiel decided to up his support for the Republican nominee. The New York Times revealed that Thiel pledged $1.25 million in donations to Trump’s campaign, according to “a person close to the investor.”

The news prompted Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to address the “issue” of Thiel supporting Trump. In a leaked, internal post, Zuckerberg did the unexpected: he defended Thiel’s right to support Trump and stressed the importance of free speech and freedom of expression in our society.

I want to quickly address the questions and concerns about Peter Thiel as a board member and Trump supporter.
We care deeply about diversity. That’s easy to say when it means standing up for ideas you agree with. It’s a lot harder when it means standing up for the rights of people with different viewpoints to say what they care about. That’s even more important.
We can’t create a culture that says it cares about diversity and then excludes almost half the country because they back a political candidate. There are many reasons a person might support Trump that do not involve racism, sexism, xenophobia or accepting sexual assault. It may be because they believe strongly in smaller government, a different tax policy, healthcare system, religious issues, gun rights or any other issue where he disagrees with Hillary.
I know there are strong views on the election this year both in the US and around the world. We see them play out on Facebook every day. Our community will be stronger for all our differences—not only in areas like race and gender, but also in areas like political ideology and religion.
That’s ultimately what Facebook is about: giving everyone the power to share our experiences, so we can understand each other a bit better and connect us a little closer together.

Back in May, Gizmodo reported that several members of the Facebook editorial team responsible for curating trending content allegedly knowingly suppressed conservative news stories. Specifically, they prevented stories about the right-wing CPAC gathering, Mitt Romney, Rand Paul, as well as news about Facebook, from appearing in the section—even if those stories were trending among the site’s users. The workers also told Gizmodo that they were required to “inject” other stories into the feed, even if they weren't gaining any traction on the site.

In response to the news, Zuckerberg met with a number of conservatives to address their concern and then released a statement saying that “Republicans have always been an important part of Facebook” and expressing his desire to “build trust.”

This latest news regarding Theil seems to show Zuckerberg doubling down on his commitment to make Facebook a marketplace of ideas

Maybe the ZuckerKid doesn’t want people to make fun of his wall building.

I think he is hedging his bets. He wouldn't like to be on Trump's wrong side when he wins. He may even know something we don't about the election and as a farsighted CEO of a huge company, he is adjusting his course ahead of the upcoming events.

You could say that. He also fired a warning shot at Time warner aka CNN he would veto the merger with ATT.

He doesn’t want to have 100 million conservatives quit when the Republican candidate for President is banned for hate speech. The bias is too evident, too obvious they aren’t welcome on the platform - and he makes money based on the number of users.
Instead, you get the banning of lesser individuals for conservative views.

Facebook censors Michael Savage post of Muslims protesting
http://www.wnd.com/2015/12/facebook-censors-michael-savage-post-of-muslims-protesting/#KUbmc8AgDLMgc2JT.99

Facebook censors Pamella Gellar after 6/12/2016 attacks
http://www.breitbart.com/tech/2016/06/12/facebook-deletes-pamela-gellers-stop-islamization-america-page-orlando-attack/

Facebook Bans Gay Magazine Critical Of Islam
http://www.breitbart.com/london/2016/06/17/facebook-bans-gay-magazine-critical-islam/

Trump supporter BLOCKED by Facebook for complaining about site’s censorship of right-wing activists
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3603345/Conservative-activist-Lauren-Southern-banned-Facebook-mentioning-censorship.html

I think he is hedging his bets. He wouldn't like to be on Trump's wrong side when he wins. He may even know something we don't about the election and as a farsighted CEO of a huge company, he is adjusting his course ahead of the upcoming events.

You nailed it.

Bump......